Our biggest challenge yet: comp titles
You know what’s harder than writing a novel? Choosing comparative titles to share with agents. Here’s why we did it, what our process looked like, and what we’ve landed on.
0403, 2020
1209, 2018
How do we know it’s time to rewrite a draft?
It can be dangerous for a writer to let her writing brain and editing brain get too cozy. Rewriting a draft can send you into an endless spiral of zero progress. Case in point: I’d
1206, 2018
What counts as character action?
Every Monday, Marie attends a fiction writing critique group, where she reads aloud a section of The Grigori and receives feedback from the other writers. Yesterday’s meeting raised an interesting question: “What counts as character action?”
1006, 2018
Happy 5th birthday to the idea of The Grigori
It’s been five whole years to the day since we first started rattling around the idea for The Grigori. In celebration, we’re sharing with you a (mostly) unedited transcript of our instant messenger on June 10, 2013.